News in Brief

Four Manchester United fans were jailed in Italy yesterday for their part in a fight with AS Roma fans before the Champions League group match in Rome on December 12. Kyle Dillon, 23, and Richard Wimmer, 39, were each sentenced to two years and six months in prison. Nicholas Lucas, 18, and Michael Burk, 35, were each jailed for two years and five months. The four were charged with violent behaviour and resisting arrest after skirmishes broke out on the Duca d'Aosta bridge. The men will appear in court on Monday when an appeals tribunal will decide whether to release them. David Ward

Body found in Lake District encased in ice

A man's body has been found encased in ice on a hillside in the Lake District. The body was discovered by a farmer on a fell at Black Hall, near Broughton-in-Furness. Rainwater had filled a hollow, leaving parts of the body and his face encased in 5cm of ice. It is not known how long the body had been there but the find is not being treated as suspicious. A police spokeswoman said: "Police worked with Duddon and Furness mountain rescue team to recover the body from the fell and inquiries are now under way to identify the man. At this time police are satisfied there are no suspicious circumstances." Press Association

Broadmoor for man who killed bus passenger

A man who killed a bus passenger who tried to stop him throwing chips at his girlfriend was sent to Broadmoor special hospital without limit of time yesterday. Anthony Joseph, 23, admitted the manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility after being acquitted of murder at the Old Bailey when two trials failed to produce verdicts. Richard Whelan, 28, was stabbed seven times on the bus in Holloway, north London, in July 2005. It emerged that Joseph had been released from a young offenders' institution hours earlier despite a warrant for his arrest on another matter. Press Association

Heart transplants in Scotland suspended

Heart transplant operations in Scotland were suspended last night pending an independent inquiry into a high death rate at the national transplant unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Four of the 11 patients given transplants there this year died within 30 days - a mortality rate of 36%, compared with a UK average of 13%. NHS Greater Glasgow said Scottish patients needing heart transplants would be transferred to the Freeman hospital in Newcastle. A similar inquiry at Papworth hospital near Cambridge gave it the all-clear last month. The Glasgow hospital will continue to carry out other cardiothoracic work. John Carvel